This New Kind of Mascara Will Totally Blow Your Mind

You probably thought that at this point in your life, you were familiar with everything mascara is capable of. Lengthening, curling, thickening, separating, clumping-on-purpose. But it turns out that you had no idea. None of us did. Because did any of us know that mascara could make lashestwist? It's something that never would have occurred to most of us, and it sounds like it would defy at least a couple laws of physics. Yet lash twisting is now officially a thing. Say hello to MAC Pro Beyond Twisted Lash—and its bendy wand.

As you can see, the wand is so flexible it's making us think of those dancing car-dealership ballon guys. Wild! And weird. But what do the actual twisted lashes look like? Not quite as wild, if the mascara's ad is any indication.

At a glance, they just look lush with lots of extra texture. More like...tousled. When you pause and gaze, though, you can appreciate the literal crisscross effect that's happening, which is pretty mind-bending. While we continue to try to wrap our minds around this swervy lash action, there are equally perplexing questions to address. Such as: Cool as this technology is, do we really want twisted lashes? Will we want them once we adapt to the idea? Could twisted lashes one day become the makeup equivalent of beachy waves? Also, how in the world does that wand actually work? In order to start finding the answers, we've requested tubes to test for ourselves. Check back soon to see our results—or score your own for $22 on April 28 when Beyond Twisted hits all MAC locations.